Variations in high-density lipoprotein subclasses during the menstrual cycle

Metabolism. 1994 Nov;43(11):1438-41. doi: 10.1016/0026-0495(94)90041-8.

Abstract

In a study of 41 healthy premenopausal women, plasma high-density lipoprotein-2a (HDL2a) levels (ie, HDL of diameter 8.8 to 9.7 nm) were significantly higher during the luteal phase than during the follicular phase of the cycle. There was no significant variation in HDL2b or any of the HDL3 subclasses.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Apolipoprotein A-I / blood
  • Apolipoprotein A-I / isolation & purification
  • Apolipoprotein A-II / blood
  • Apolipoprotein A-II / isolation & purification
  • Apolipoproteins B / blood
  • Apolipoproteins B / isolation & purification
  • Cholesterol, HDL / blood
  • Cholesterol, HDL / isolation & purification
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lipoproteins, HDL / blood*
  • Lipoproteins, HDL / isolation & purification
  • Menstrual Cycle / blood*
  • Middle Aged
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Apolipoprotein A-I
  • Apolipoprotein A-II
  • Apolipoproteins B
  • Cholesterol, HDL
  • Lipoproteins, HDL